According to Vogue, Anne Hathaway‘s Les Miserables diet consisted of “two thin squares of dried oatmeal paste a day,” but no one can really figure out what that means. New York Magazine says that her diet, if mysterious, was at least historically accurate, playing up the same justification that she’s hinted at for her extreme weight loss: “getting in character.” But aside from oats being something that poor people may have eaten in 19th-century France, they don’t really have any insight into what it was that 21st-century Anne Hathaway was eating, either. Preliminary research indicates that she was either lying, or has a really sadistic personal chef. More »

Anne Hathaway is on the cover of December’s Vogue, and the cover story is mostly about her experience filming Les Miserables (also coming out in December). And since you can’t talk about Les Mis without talking about her weight, she’s found a new way to say that she starved herself for the role: That she felt “deprived, physically and emotionally.” She gets some points for being creative, but I really wish she’d just be honest about how unhealthy it is to lose 25 pounds for a role. More »

A new eating plan on Dr. Mehmet Oz‘s website promises that you’ll lose three pounds in three days! All you have to do is eat the same three meals at the same times every day and totally ignore the fact that this is a crash diet that promotes unhealthy weight-loss behavior. More »

According to a small study by researchers at the Fred Huchinson Cancer Research Center, which was published yesterday, yo-yo dieting (known as weight cycling) doesn’t impede future weight loss. However, this study shouldn’t be taken as a green light for not-great-for-you practice. Instead, look at it as a message of hope. More »

If you’ve noticed the perpetually-shirtless Matthew McConaughey looking startlingly gaunt these days, that’s the point. The celeb told Larry King that he’s in the middle of a 30 pound weight loss for an upcoming role, where he plays a person with HIV. And while he’s calling it a “cleanse” (ostensibly because “crash diet” doesn’t sound as positive), it’s definitely a not-smart, not-sustainable diet that no one should try–and he knows it. The point, McConaughey says, is to look unhealthy. More »

New photos are out of Anne Hathaway (aka “Anne Waste-away” if you’re the Daily Mail) looking thin on the set of ‘Les Miserables.’ And they pretty much prove that it was totally unnecessary for her to crash diet and lose 16 pounds for the part. More »

Anne Hathaway is apparently eating 500 calories per day in an effort to shed 16 pounds for her role in Les Miserables—or at least, a few scenes of the film. Unlike other roles that have required Hathaway to lose weight (like Catwoman, for example), her role as Fantine—a prostitute who dies and later returns as a ghost—only calls for her to look emaciated for some of the time she spends on screen. Which, for an already-thin actress, wouldn’t be too hard to accomplish with CGI. So why should Anne Hathaway starve herself, or even lose any weight at all? More »

This week, our sister site, TheGloss, has been featuring a wide range of stories about something that many women–especially after a season where food is the focal point–have considered or experienced: crash diets. The Master Cleanse, the apple cider vinegar diet, the grapefruit-and-coffee diet…these are the kinds of bizarre, unhealthy, and icky plans that enjoy a surge in popularity about twice per year: once after the holidays, and again at that time of year cruelly known as “swimsuit season.” Surely, there are better ways lose weight than by slogging through cup after nutritionally-devoid cup of spicy, watery, maple-y lemonade? I asked a nutritionist to walk me through the ups and downs of yo-yo diets, and even give me some tips for the New Year. More »

Jessica Simpson tried a vegan diet, cupping, and Pu-erh tea this weekend, and reportedly saw “visions” after this intense process. The “Price of Beauty” reality star reported her diet and acupuncture experiments via Twitter: She also explained via Twitter that … More »

Any good nutritionist, doctor, or physical trainer will tell you that losing tons of weight fast isn’t good for you, but we see Hollywood actresses do it all the time. Magazine after magazine will tell you about the latest slim-down … More »